Wagon-body



s. DAV-IS.

(No Model.)

WAGON BODY.

No. 345,577. Patented July 13, 1886.

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ATTORNEYS WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN, S. DAVIS, OF WINONA, MINNESOTA.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,577, dated July l31886.

Application filed June 3, 1886. Serial No. 204,050. (No model.)

'declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it ap-' pertains to make and use the same, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked there on. which form apart of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of my invention,and is aperspective view of the same. Fig. 2 is a detail View of thecorner-iron. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the spring. Fig. 4 is a detailview of the metal loop.

My invention relates to wagon-bodies; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination-ofparts, as hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claims.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thewagon-body,which is a ound-corner wagon-body, either plain panel or railbody, as may be desired.

A is a metal corner,which consists ofa' plate forming the outside of thebody-corner, having an integral flange, B, running under the bodysillsat the corner, and preferably let up into the sills its thickness,(although this feature is optional with the maker,) and is fastenedthereto with screws, rivets, or' bolts.

B is a flange at top of the corner-iron,with a depression, 0, at oneend'to receive the end of the top plate, 0', and a concave depression, 0at the other end to receive the end-gate spring S, which is secured uponthe upper edge of the end-gate and projects over the end thereof, theprojecting end being slotted to engage the shouldered keeper T, projecting upwardly from the concave depression 0 of the corner-iron A. Thecorner iron A is provided with an integral flange, d, along its inneredge, against which the end of the end-gate abuts when the end-gate isclosed.

D designates a metal loop,that is secured to the inner face of theend-gate, inclosing the end of the'spring S, and passing down theoutside of the end-gate far enough to receive the rivet D. This loopextends far enough above the top of the end-gate to allow the spring tobe raised off the keeper or catch T.

The mechanism at the other end of the endgate is similar to that justdescribed, except the parts are reversed to suit the side of thewagon-body. inner face of the sides of the wagon-body, opposite therivet-holes in the corner-irons to receive the bolts that secure thecorner-irons in place, the bolts or rivets being upset on their pointsafter having been introduced. The front corner-irons are constructedlike those at the rear, except that they are not flanged along the edge,because the end or head board is not hinged in place as the tailboardis, hinges X being secured to the bottom of the sill and to the innerface of the tailgate, so that it may be turned down to open it andturned up to close it.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The oombinatiomwith a wagon-body provided with the rear corner-ironshaving the vertical flanges, the base flanges extending under the bodycorner,and the top flange resting on the upper edge of the body, of themetal plates let into the inner face of the body, and the rivetsconnecting the corner-irons and metal plates to the wagon-body,substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the wagon-body provided with the flangedcorner-irons having concave depressions and keepers at their flangedupper edges, of the hinged end-gate provided on its upper edge with theslotted end-gate springs, substantially as specified.

3. The combination,with the end-gate provided with the end-gate springson its upper edge, of the metal loops secured to the inner face of theendgate, extending over the endgate springs, and connected to the outerface and near the upper edge of the cnd-gate by rivets, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

EDWIN s. DAVIS.

W'itnesses:

THOMAS SIMPsoN, JAMES More.

Metal plates P are let into the

